Voting on the contract electronically?

[Blackstream]

I'm ok with it. I just don't understand the low participation levels especially from full time guys. I think I saw a break down of votes from my area and it was absymal. Like under 20%.

There's probably a bunch of reasons, but basically it boils down to people not making voting a priority because it's not important enough to them. So they accidently miss the mail in date, or they lose their ballot, or tell themselves they're too uninformed to vote and don't take the time to make themselves informed, or whatever.

But of course, all those people who didn't vote will still be bitching about how UPS treats them like and gets away with bs.

 

[Frankie's Friend]

I'm ok with it. I just don't understand the low participation levels especially from full time guys. I think I saw a break down of votes from my area and it was absymal. Like under 20%.

What was the voting % in 1997?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What was the voting % in 1997?

Low 30’s?

 

[Frankie's Friend]

Low 30’s?

I presume by the (?) that you are guessing.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I presume by the (?) that you are guessing.

It has been nearly 21 years so, yeah, I am guessing.

 

[DELACROIX]

Low 30’s?

92,618 voted out of 185,000 (50 percent)...and that was after the two week strike. Will not change with this one, just trying to figure out the game plan on this one?

 

[BrownMonk]

I agree it should increase participation, but will you trust the outcome?

Apparently, the IBT is going to do some hybrid voting system with the National ABF contract. You can either vote via computer or regular mail.

 

[wide load]

I'm ok with it. I just don't understand the low participation levels especially from full time guys. I think I saw a break down of votes from my area and it was absymal. Like under 20%.

20 is across the board average.

 

[brown_trousers]

I'm ok with it. I just don't understand the low participation levels especially from full time guys. I think I saw a break down of votes from my area and it was absymal. Like under 20%.

It kind of makes sense. this is the 21st century, and we are still using snail mail to send in ballots, we might as well be chiseling in our votes on stone tablets. Even a minimal effort to vote in a more modern way would increase voter turnout.